Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)

Director:

John Whitesell

Writers (WGA):

Fax Bahr (written by) &
Adam Small (written by) ...
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Release Date:

18 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Don't be hatin'

Plot:

A senator arranges for his son, a rich white kid who fancies himself black, to be kidnapped by a couple of black actors pretending to be murderers to try and shock him out of his plans to become a rapper.

Plot Keywords:

Racial Impersonation | Drive By Shooting | Bloopers During Credits | Los Angeles California | Street Gang

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Jamie Kennedy	...	Brad 'B-Rad' Gluckman
Taye Diggs	...	Sean James
Anthony Anderson	...	PJ
Regina Hall	...	Shondra
Blair Underwood	...	Tom Gibbsons
Damien Dante Wayans	...	Tec
Ryan O'Neal	...	Bill Gluckman
Bo Derek	...	Bess Gluckman
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Dr. Feldman
Kal Penn	...	Hadji Amerislani
Nick Swardson	...	Mocha
Keili Lefkovitz	...	Monster
Kellie Martin	...	Jen
Greg Grunberg	...	Brett
J.P. Manoux	...	Gary
Howard Mann	...	Uncle Louie
Curtis Blanck	...	13 yr. Old Brad
Tristan Jarred	...	7 yr. Old Brad
Kody Coye	...	Toddler Brad
Niecy Nash	...	Gladys
Terry Crews	...	8 Ball
Tory Kittles	...	Deuce
Noel Gugliemi	...	Snuffy (as Noel Guglielmi)
Reynaldo Gallegos	...	Loc (as Rey Gallegos)
Damion Poitier	...	Tec's Crew
Jo Deodato Clark	...	Saleswoman
Suzy Nakamura	...	Soon-Yee Baxter Hernandez
Snoop Dogg	...	Ronnie Rizzat (voice)
James Kiriyama-Lem	...	Korean Man
Felli Fel	...	Himself
Hi-C	...	Himself
Young Dre	...	Himself (as Young Dré)
Bigg Steele	...	Himself
Drop Da Bomb	...	Himself
Hal Fishman	...	Himself
Big Boy	...	Himself
Keesha Sharp	...	Sister #1
Rhona Bennett	...	Sister #2
Ken Lawson	...	African American Aid
Sarah Thompson	...	Krista the Barista
Michael Quill	...	Mike the Reporter
Christa Campbell	...	Angry Feminist
Giuliana DePandi	...	Massage Therapist
Ecco Morgan	...	Sandy
Nikki Martinez	...	Escalade Dancer #1
Mary Nelson	...	Escalade Dancer #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Briskey	...	Calabasas Crip (uncredited)
Josef Cannon	...	Gangbanger (uncredited)
Lionel D. Carson	...	Firefighter (uncredited)
Dawn Crawford	...	Party Girl (uncredited)
Mike Epps	...	Rap-Battle host (uncredited)
Aisha Jamila Francis	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Gilley Grey	...	Firefighter #1 (uncredited)
Dawn Marie Guest	...	Party girl at house screaming (uncredited)
Halla	...	Hip-hop dancer (uncredited)
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Himself (uncredited)
Francesca Poston	...	Shopper (uncredited)
Lester Speight	...	Gang member - Leader (uncredited)
Dan Vitale	...	Man (uncredited)

Directed by
John Whitesell

Writing credits (WGA)
Fax Bahr		(written by) &
Adam Small		(written by) &
Jamie Kennedy		(written by) and
Nick Swardson		(written by)

Produced by
Fax Bahr	....	producer
Josh H. Etting	....	co-producer
Russell Hollander	....	co-producer
Bill Johnson	....	executive producer
Mike Karz	....	producer
Adam Small	....	producer

Original Music by
John Van Tongeren

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin

Film Editing by
Cara Silverman

Casting by
Felicia Fasano
Mary Vernieu

Production Design by
William A. Elliott

Art Direction by
Daniel A. Lomino

Set Decoration by
John H. Anderson
William J. Durrell Jr.		(as Bill Durrell)

Costume Design by
Debrae Little

Makeup Department
Lynn Barber	....	makeup department head
KimStacy Carter	....	hair stylist: Anthony Anderson
Stephanie Coffey	....	makeup artist
Pauletta O. Lewis	....	key hair stylist (as Pauletta Lewis-Irwin)
Marsha Shearrill	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Bill Johnson	....	unit production manager
Robert West	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Renee Hill	....	third assistant director
George Parra	....	first assistant director
Courtney Rowe	....	additional second second assistant director
Lisa C. Satriano	....	first assistant director: reshoots
Nick Satriano	....	second assistant director
Susan E. Walter	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
William J. Durrell Jr.	....	set designer
John Felgate	....	assistant property master
David Fencil	....	assistant property master
David Fencl	....	on-set property master
Dervon 'Von' Herron	....	assistant property master
Jonathan R. Hodges	....	property master
John Leimanis	....	set designer
W. Scott Mason	....	construction coordinator (as Scott Mason)
Richard A. McCarthy	....	plaster department head
Richard A. McCarthy	....	stand-by plasterer
John J. Passanante	....	paint supervisor
Tom Sharp	....	draper
Diana Anctil	....	paint decorator (uncredited)
Minerva De Guzman	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	supervising sound editor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Perry Dodgson	....	boom operator
Patrick J. Foley	....	dialogue editor
Terry Garcia	....	assistant sound editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Mark C. Grech	....	utility sound technician
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Adam Johnston	....	sound effects editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Lisa J. Levine	....	supervising adr editor
Geoffrey Patterson	....	sound mixer
Ken S. Polk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Larz Anderson	....	special effects director
John B. Hagey	....	special effects gang boss
Richard L. Hill	....	special effects
James Lorimer	....	special effects gang boss
Hans Metz	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Paul Arion	....	digital artist
Michael Becki	....	digital artist
Jesse Bradstreet	....	senior animator
Lisa Carr-Harris	....	digital effects artist
Joshua J. Clark	....	digital compositor
Warren J.W. Leathem	....	animation supervisor
Bob Munroe	....	visual effects supervisor: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ken Ouellette	....	animator: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Ken Ouellette	....	technical director: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital effects artist
Mark Visser	....	software developer: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Alphonso Young	....	digital effects artist
Louis Kim	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Endoso	....	stunts
Mark Hicks	....	stunts
Hollis Hill	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Zach Hudson	....	stunt double: Ryan O'Neal
Horace Knight	....	stunt performer
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts
Kortney Manns	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Austin Priester	....	stunts
Ray Siegle	....	stunt double: Noel Guglielmi
Dain Turner	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Sammy Beavers	....	rigging electrician
Marsha Blackburn	....	still photographer
Richard Brooks Burton	....	gyrosphere technician: aerial unit
Jeffrey N. Civa	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Egor Davidoff	....	second assistant camera
Gregory L. Edwards	....	b dolly grip
Paul Fanning	....	electrician
Michael Foster	....	key grip
Steve Francis	....	electrician
Adam Harrison	....	best boy
Matthew Livingston	....	best boy grip
Skip Mobley	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
John S. Moyer	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Robert Reid	....	grip
Troy Webb	....	gaffer
Gregg Williams	....	additional first assistant camera
Jay W. Yowler	....	gaffer
Darren Michaels	....	additional unit photographer: additional photography (uncredited)
Trace Schneider	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Chad Darnell	....	extras casting
Shalimar Reodica	....	casting associate
Jay Scully	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anita Cabada	....	assistant costume designer
Mary Iannelli	....	costumer (as Mary White)
Patricia McLaughlin	....	costume supervisor
Terri Middleton	....	costumer
Mindy Tiongco	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Monica Anderson	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Christopher Kroll	....	first assistant editor (as Chris Kroll)
Ray Neapolitan	....	assistant editor
Gary Trentham	....	first assistant editor
Nicholas 'Nikko' Tsiotsias	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	scoring mixer
Romeo Antonio	....	musician
John Debney	....	composer: themes
John Finklea	....	music editor: temp music
Will Kaplan	....	music editor
Aaron Martin	....	music programmer
Michael Mason	....	score co-producer
Anna D. Wilborn	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Maxwell R. Johnson II	....	transportation captain
Krister C. Johnson	....	transportation captain
Hal Lary	....	transportation coordinator
Douglas Miller	....	transportation captain
Lowell D. Smith	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Christopher Akers	....	key assistant location manager
John Albrecht	....	assistant accountant
Adell Aldrich	....	script supervisor
Edward Allen	....	production accountant (as Ed Allen)
Tammy Apana	....	assistant accountant
Serena Baker	....	key assistant location manager
Katherine Brown	....	assistant to producer
Christopher Campbell	....	key assistant location manager
Curtis Collins	....	location manager
Karen Leigh Crutcher	....	key medic
Julie Cummings	....	production assistant
Paulette Dauber	....	publicity consultant
Phil DeSanti	....	set production assistant
Aaron C. Fitzgerald	....	set production assistant
Josh Geller	....	set production assistant
AnaMarie C. Gonzaga	....	production accountant: re-shoots
Lisa Hackler	....	production coordinator
Brian Havens	....	assistant to writer
Jerrold McKinley Ivery	....	second assistant accountant
Adam Jordan	....	production assistant (as Adam Lee Jordan)
Daniel Karaty	....	choreographer
Nathan Kimball	....	set production assistant
Misty D. Lahti	....	additional set production assistant
Wayne Lamkay	....	assistant production coordinator
Roland Manarin	....	production secretary
Michael G. Maurer	....	production assistant
Matt Miller	....	production assistant
Chris Moss	....	assistant choreographer
Sunni-Ali Powell	....	production assistant
Paul Rathburn	....	caterer
John Ritchie	....	assistant to producers
Christopher T. Sadler	....	production assistant
Peter J. Silbermann	....	unit publicist
Jessie Sock	....	production assistant
Holli Strickland	....	production assistant
Rex M. Teese	....	technician: Arri Loc Pro 35
Rebecca Whitesell LaFond	....	production assistant
Kelly Young	....	assistant to director
Nicole Young	....	assistant to executive producer
Ptah Shabaf	....	key assistant location manager (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Karz Entertainment
• Big Ticket Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Veronica (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures (digital effects)
• Perpetual Motion Pictures

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• UMG Soundtracks  soundtrack
• Universal Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Suckaz (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual humor, language and violence.

Runtime:

USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:AL | Canada:14A | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39830) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When B-Rad first sees Shondra and has the day dream at the coffee-shop, Monster disappears from her seat.

Quotes:

Rap-Battle host: It's Black History Month. You out your rabbit-ass mind?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Menace II Society (1993)

Soundtrack:

Bullet Proof Soul

Very Funny But Just Plain Stupid

Malibu's Most Wanted is one of the craziest films of 2003 Jamie Kennedy delivers a hilarious performance as Brad B-rad Gluckman a white rapper who acts like a black rapper. His father (O'Neal) wants to run for governor but his son's antics are hurting his chances of winning so he hires actors to be gangsters who kidnap B-rad and try to scare him into being a white man again. Regina Hall is amusing as Shondra who in the beginning thinks he's strange but towards the end she falls for him and accepts him for who he truly is. Malibu's Most Wanted is one of those films that leaves you feeling funny and stupid all together but has some hilarious scenes and can be enjoyed by anyone who prefers this brand of comedy. I give it 7 out of 10 stars.